Piracy post-tsunami<\/p>\n
Welcome though it would be, the marked decline in criminal
\nactivity in the piracy-plagued Malacca Straits after the tsunami
\ncannot be attributed to altruistic factors alone.<\/p>\n
They (pirates) are lying low because global attention is
\ncurrently focused on the region as never before, and
\ninternational relief and rescue operations have brought a vast
\nnumber of vessels to the area. It is clearly unsafe for pirates
\nto play their dirty games. But such conditions will be limited to
\nthe short term, and as normality returns, so will pirates. Make
\nno mistake about it.<\/p>\n
It is often forgotten in New Delhi that the Andaman & Nicobar
\nislands are closer to Indonesia than the Indian mainland and, for
\nexample, unrest in Aceh has implications. It was tsunami-
\ngenerated grief that proved that the Indian ocean, links not
\nseparates, should help to deal with pirates in a similar unified
\nresponse.
\n-- The Statesman, Calcutta<\/p>",
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